Marker



A. LER N ER I MARKER Aug. 6, 1929.

Filed Jan. 1927 flrf/Iur Lerner.

Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

ARTHUR LERNER, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

MARKER.

Application filed January 5, 1927.

The principal objects of the invention are, to facilitate the marking of furs for cutting and to provide a very simple form of device which will mark the furs with a uniform marking to be followedby the cutter.

A further object is to provide a very simple form of printing device which may be used for various purposes.

The principal feature of the invention consists in supporting a marking wheel having projecting marking surfaces in a suitable frame adapted to be manipulated by hand and arranging a spring holder to hold the marking material so that it may be readily applied to the surface of the wheel.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved marker as applied to a fur marker.

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the marking wheel used in fur marking.

Figure 3 is a part sectional elevation of an interchangeable type printing wheel.

Figure &' is a plan View showing the print of the fur-marking wheel.

Figure 5 is an elevational view on a reduced scale of a multiple line marker.

Figure 6 is a full size plan View showing the markings made by the type of marker shown in Figure 5.

In the cutting of furs, it is frequently desirable to cut the skins on zig zag lines to be afterwards seamed together and in order to facilitate the markings of such lines in any desired contour, I have provided a device which is of very simple construction and consists of a handle 1 carrying a forked frame 2 between the ends of which is supported a roller 3.

The roller 3 is provided with a specially constructed perimeter, preferably formed of a rubber band 4 having a raised rib 5 thereon formed in a Zigzag pattern.

A spring arm 6 secured between the handle 1 and frame 2 extends in a curved formation toward the roller 3 and at the extremity is formed with a slot 7. The lug ends 8 forming the sides of the slot are curled inwardly to hold a piece of chalk 9.

The spring arm 6 holds the chalk in contact with the ribbed surface of the roller and applies chalk to the surface as the roller is rolled over the surface of the skin and the chalk mark is thus impressed upon the back of the fur forming a uniformly marked line for cutting.

In some classes of furs it is desirable to Serial No. 159,117.

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with a plurality of slots 13 which allow the ribs 11 of the roller 10 to as the roller rolls.

lVhen this marker is rolled over the leather surface of the fur, it marks a plurality of strips by which the fur cutter is guided in slitting the fur.

The device is very simple, costs Very little to produce but will effect a considerable saving in the work of a fur cutter and marker and will render the marking much more uniform.

The device is applicable for use for purposes other than marking furs by substituting an inking pad or roller for the chalk carried by the spring arm. The marks or characters on the perimeter of the roller may be changed as desired either by substituting a rubber band with the desired characters thereon in place of the line marker or inserting bevelled edged rubber type between the bevelled flange 14 of the roller.

The side faces of the roller are shown formed with bevelled edge grooves 15 in which spare type may be retained.

When the device is used for printing with ink the spring arm 6 may be set so that the roller does not touch the type except when pressure is applied to the back of the arm with the thumb or finger of the operator.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A marker comprising a rigid forked holder, a roller mounted between the ends of the fork and having a peripheral marking surface, a spring arm rigidly secured at one end to the holder at a point remote from said roller and extending longitudinally of the holder and terminating in a free end directly over said roller said free end having a slot formed therein in alignme'nt'with said marking surface on the roller, the ends of the spring arm projecting on either side of the slot and being disposed on either side of said marking surface, and rolled inwardly to provide a holder and a piece of marking engage the chalk material rigidly secured in said curved inwardly rolled ends and extending across the slot to engage said marking surface.

2. A marker comprising a rigid forked holder, a roller mounted between the ends of the fork and having a peripheral marking surface, a spring arm having one end secured to the holder remote from the fork end and having its free end disposed adjacent to the roller and provided with a socket to hold a piece of marking material, and a piece of marking material rigidly secured in said socket adapted to engage the peripheral marking surface of said roller.

, 3. A marker comprising a rigid forked holder, a roller mounted between the ends of the fork and having a peripheral marking surface, a spring arm secured at one end to the holder at a point thereon remote from the fork end, the free end of said spring arm being disposed adjacent to the roller and adapted to hold a piece of marking material, and a piece of marking material rigidly secured in the free end of said spring arm and extending across and engaging the peripheral marking surface of said roller.

ARTHUR LERNER. 

